BELIZE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	418	1	192	+ 226
Stroke	2	396	4	127	+ 269
Diabetes Mellitus	3	184	3	141	+ 43
Kidney Disease	4	181	6	102	+ 78
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	110	7	97	+ 13
Suicide	6	95	16	28	+ 67
HIV/AIDS	7	89	5	119	- 30
Liver Disease	8	86	9	58	+ 29
Hypertension	9	86	12	46	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	75	13	45	+ 31
Lung Cancers	11	66	15	30	+ 35
Lung Disease	12	60	11	46	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	13	57	8	88	- 31
Prostate Cancer	14	50	10	47	+ 3
Other Injuries	15	47	14	36	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	47	24	20	+ 27
Breast Cancer	17	35	23	22	+ 14
Skin Disease	18	34	37	5	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	19	33	25	20	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	20	31	17	28	+ 3
Liver Cancer	21	29	19	24	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	22	26	21	23	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	23	24	26	18	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	24	24	22	23	+ 1
Falls	25	22	27	13	+ 9
Violence	26	22	2	146	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	20	34	9	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	18	38	5	+ 13
Drownings	29	18	18	24	- 6
Birth Trauma	30	18	32	9	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	31	18	28	11	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	32	17	31	9	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	33	16	20	23	- 7
Lymphomas	34	15	50	1	+ 13
Leukemia	35	13	39	4	+ 9
Epilepsy	36	12	36	8	+ 4
Tuberculosis	37	11	33	9	+ 2
Alcohol	38	10	30	10	+ 1
Asthma	39	10	35	8	+ 2
Oral Cancer	40	10	67	0	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	41	9	42	2	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	42	9	52	1	+ 8
Malnutrition	43	8	29	10	- 1
Fires	44	8	40	4	+ 5
Drug Use	45	5	47	1	+ 3
Dengue	46	4	55	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	4	41	3	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	48	3	81	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	49	3	51	1	+ 2
Meningitis	50	3	46	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	3	48	1	+ 1
Syphilis	52	2	62	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	53	2	44	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	54	2	53	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	55	2	78	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	56	1	43	2	- 1
Poisonings	57	1	45	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	49	1	- 0
Pertussis	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	60	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	54	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	1	59	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	56	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	64	0	57	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
War	66	0	60	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

Suriname

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.